| Description |
ix, 246 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Of beans and peas -- Of the cabbage family -- Of salad greens -- Of root crops -- Of the onion family -- Of melons and cucumbers -- Of squash, pumpkins, and gourds -- Of tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants -- Of luxuries and oddities -- Gardening under cover -- Growing sticks. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 239) and index. |
| Summary |
A Colonial Williamsburg garden historian outlines traditional methods for planting and tending fifty different vegetables, profiling such 18th-century utilities as shelter paper and fermented manure while sharing organic techniques. |
| Subject |
Vegetable gardening -- Virginia -- Williamsburg -- History -- 18th century.
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Organic gardening -- Virginia -- Williamsburg -- History -- 18th century.
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| Added Author |
Lombardi, Barbara Temple.
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| ISBN |
9781609611620 hardcover |
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1609611624 hardcover |
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